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Freedom and liberty are rights guaranteed under the Constitution to those who are law-abiding, responsible citizens. Those who break the law, and thereby their compact with a civil society, are entitled to due process, but once convicted, forfeit those rights.

It seems to me a gross miscarriage of justice to punish the law-abiding citizens of the United States for the actions of those who would break our laws and refuse to behave as responsible members of society.

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conservative1 wrote on Jan 30, 2013 9:39 AM:

" History has shown when the government takes it's citizen's guns, people die, usually at the hands of that government.

Turkey 1915-17 1.5 million killed

Soviet Union 1929-52 20 million killed

Nazi Germany/Europe 1933-45 13 million killed

China 1949-1976 20 million killed

Cambodia 1975-79 1 million killed

Guatemala 1960-81 100,000 killed

Uganda 1960-81 100,000 killed

Former United States of America 2013-? ??? killed

You can like Obama or not, Maybe you feel this would not happen here, right now. Can you be sure it wouldn't happen 20 years from now, 50 years from now, 100 years from now? Once you give up your freedom (your guns) you NEVER get it back. The people of those countries probably thought their government would never exterminate them either. Look where the false security of turning in their guns got them. The dirt nap.

"We did indeed know much about your preparedness. We knew that probably every second home in your country contained firearms. We knew that your country actually had state championships for private citizens shooting military rifles. We were not fools to set foot in such quicksand." -- A Japanese Admiral 15 years after VJ day on why Japan didn't invade the US mainland after Pearl Harbor.

" Great article! Unfortunately though, the left fails to understand not all people are criminals. I suspect no legislation will be passed, and the issue will begin to sink back below the surface as the result of the poltical gridlock this issue seems to cause. The left accuses the right of wanting too little control, and the right accuses the left of wanting too much control. (Full Disclosure: I am of the belief the left wants too much control.) On top of all of that, the issue is a political loser. Politicians want to stay in their cozy offices, but a vote against gun control is political suicide. In the second bluest state in the union, the biggest loser is us law-abiding gun owners. We have no voice in our legislature anymore. There are more consumers than producers in this state and it will be an act of God to get welfare and entitlement recipients to vote for anyone who might stop the free cash flowing into their pockets. "

" George. Being that you are to the right of center, I'll assume you work, own a home and live humanely. What these freebies don't understand is if they work they can have much more than they do. They don't have to live worse than animals in the bug infested shacks our government puts them in for free. They live in disgusting conditions just to live for free. I'd live in a tent by the river before I'd take a dime and live in a project. The left doesn't care about these people, they hook them on the government teet like a crack dealer does to an addict, just so they HAVE to vote for them. "

" Richard, you hit the right nerve: the destructive forces that divide Americans that will have unintended consequences.That IS happening now and the future generations (if there is anyone left)will be cleaning up the blood and bodies of their fathers, grandfathers, and great-grandfathers.Conservative 1 said it right "Former USA 2013- ??? killed" Modified, it will be: 2013-2016- millions of American gun owners killed-1/2 million government agents dead. "

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